Office of Technology

Resources for Legal Use of Intellectual Property

This page will list resources available to University of Central Missouri
authors and publishers for accomplishing their goals without infringing the
intellectual property rights of sources. Infringement can bring lawsuit or
require withdrawal of infringing material. Note that network publication of
student work may involve issues both in copyright law and FERPA privacy law.

"Property sensitive" measures include obtaining permission for use, quoting
source material according to the four Fair Use requirements, and finding alternate materials that
are easier to legally use (such as items that assigned or lapsed into public
domain or U.S. government publications). Of course, writers should also heed
long-standing academic standards of citation and acknowledgment.

For Fair Use documentation, use the information at the following link: